The role of soccer is privileged because the personalized social world of the home and the impersonal universe of the street are combined in a public ritual. DaMatta ( 1982) has argued that Brazil is a society articulated by the sharp division between the ‘home’ and the ‘street,’ and between the family-a system of hierarchical social relations and persons-and the market and free individuals. Hence, the ideology of nationalism should be integrated in social practices that can create an image of ‘the people’ having ‘something’ in common. It has been argued that a nation is an ‘imagined political community’: its members share a sovereign boundary and have a strong feeling of communion. Archetti, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2001 1 Gender and Nationhood: Sports and Politics Again, there is no reason in principle why avatars would need to sit or lay down.Į.P. Also as with objects, some of the structuring of animations to simulate those actions may be deliberate, but some may be implicit structured virtual imagination. Observing the avatar movements that are guided by these animations reveals that they capture the esthetic pleasingness of real-world versions of those dances.Īs with objects, there is also some structuring of less specific actions, such as sitting and lying down, in addition to the intentional mimicking of specific dance moves. As with imitative recreations, these animation are deliberate imitations of known entities and they are developed by skilled individuals who must be deemed to be operating at least at the little-c level by virtue of the fact that other users are willing to purchase the product. Just as inhabitants of Second Life can visit sims that accurately represent well-known landmarks, so too can they purchase dance animations that will cause their avatars to execute the moves of specific dances, such as the Samba, Tango, and Waltz, among others. The deliberate recreation of real-world content in SVWs goes beyond the production of virtual objects to include the scripting of animations that cause avatars to execute specific actions, such as couples’ dances. Ward, in Video Games and Creativity, 2015 Actions as Structured Content In some cases, the nature of the item means that it is non-returnable, for example, due to hygiene/health and personal care/wellness/consumable nature of the product.Thomas B. Office Products and Wireless Returns Policy New electronic items fulfilled by Amazon AU can be returned for change of mind, for a replacement or a full refund of the purchase cost of the item within 30 days of receipt of delivery.For information about returning faulty electronics please see Returning Faulty Items. Please see our Amazon Global Store Returns policy and Refunds policy for more information about returning Amazon Global Store items.Ĭamera, Electronics and PC Returns Policy Please see About Marketplace Returns & Refunds for details on Seller returns policies. To return faulty items see our Returning Faulty Items policy.įor items ordered on from a seller that fulfils and ships its own inventory (also called a third party seller), any returns will be in accordance with the returns policy set by that seller (not the Amazon AU returns policies). This change of mind return policy is in addition to, and does not affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law including any rights you may have in respect of faulty items. Unless otherwise stated, original shipping fees for change of mind returns are not refunded. Please Contact Us and see About Items That Can’t Be Returned. In some circumstances, these items may be eligible for a refund or a replacement (for example, if you receive the wrong item due to an Amazon AU error or if the item is faulty). In some cases, the nature of the item means that it is non-returnable, for example, due to hygiene/health and personal care/wellness/consumable nature of the product. You can return most new, unopened items fulfilled by Amazon AU within 30 days of receipt of delivery for a replacement or full refund of the price you paid for the item if you change your mind - see About Replacements and About Refunds.
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